Bishop Michael F. Burbidge blesses St. Agnes School students with holy water during the blessing ceremony of the new St.

The rules and rituals for the election of a new pope say that immediately after his election, he goes into the sacristy of ...

When Jenna Drummond and Clair Volkening saw Pope Francis step onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica to give his “urbi et ...

On the day when Carlo Acutis was scheduled to be canonized, April 27, youths and young adults from around the diocese ...

Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas, the oldest person in the world, died April 30 in Porto Alegre, Brazil, at the age of 116.

When the conclave begins May 7, there will be 117 cardinals who will not be allowed into the Sistine Chapel to take part in ...

Pope Francis made history with his election in 2013 as the first Latin American as well as the first Jesuit ever elected.

In St. Peter's Square, in the shadow of the 17th-century colonnade designed by Italian sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini, stands ...

The 135 cardinals eligible to elect the next pope will enter the Sistine Chapel to begin the conclave May 7, the Vatican ...

The casket bearing the body of Pope Francis made its final journey through the streets of Rome accompanied by applause and ...

It was providential that the funeral Mass for Pope Francis occurred on Divine Mercy Sunday, according to Bishop Michael F.

Bishop Michael F. Burbidge ordained seven men to the transitional diaconate April 26 — James M. Harbour, Donghan S. Lee, Sean ...